Miss Fidditch

English

Etymology

Introduced by Martin Joos in The Five Clocks (1967).

Noun

Miss Fidditch (plural Miss Fidditches)

1. (derogatory) A pedantic, prescriptivist language teacher.
   • 1980, Grover Hudson, Linguistics and the University Education, page 35:

     When one considers such a resolution coming from the collective Miss Fidditches of the English profession, one's first reaction is likely to be, You've come a long way, Baby.